Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Redd Kross - Any Hour Every Day

You have GOT to love Redd Kross. They evolved from pre-teen LA punk stars during the 1980s into a full fledged Power Pop force during the 1990s. Albums from Redd Kross have been few-and-far-between however, and much of their best stuff has come out as singles and compilation tracks . For the power pop collecter, I recommend all the 1990s albums - from Third Eye on. Essential stuff!I've collected most of their fine singles and compilation tracks here:

1 Any Hour Every Day2 Switchblade Sister3 So Cal V84 Fancy5 What's Wrong With Me?6 Dancing Queen7 Popular Cult8 Tico and Yolanda9 Yesterday Once More10 Misery is Mother11 Byrds and Fleas12 Girls Can Tell13 The Insatiable Kind14 Star Lust15 How Much More16 Trance17 It's In The Sky18 What Cha Doin to That Girl?19 I'll Meet You Half Way20 Sick Love21 It Won't Be Long22 Hard Luck Woman23 Sister Teresa's Biography24 I Was Born to Love You25 Marry Christmas26 Super Sunny Christmas

Enjoy and let me know if I've missed anything. I hear they are working on a new album (don't get too excited. They've been promising that for years.) Can't wait....

Thank you! I've been after some of these for quite a while.I used to have a single with RK doing a bitchin' version of Fleetwood Mac's 'Rhiannon'.Think it came with a magazine.Oh, think you missed out 'Disco Bitch' and 'Standing In Front of Poseur'.You can get the latter here: http://nativebride.blogspot.com/search/label/Redd%20Kross(all 55 secs of it;-)Thanks again for these.Anton

Other than the previously mentioned trax the only thing that I can think of that is missing is "Smith Family #1". It was recorded during the "Third Eye" sessions and was released on a flexi disc that was included with an issue of ReFlex magazine. It also may have been a bonus track on pressings of "Third Eye" from Japan. Maybe. I know it wasn't on any of the U.S. pressings as I've had it in all formats...I even have it on vinyl. I think I still have the flexi somewhere so when I make it back home (I work on the road) I'll rip it for you. Anyway...

Power Pop

What can I say? I love Power Pop. Classic Power Pop - the kind made great by Jellyfish, Wondermints the Candy Butchers, the Wannadies and XTC. There are lots of other kinds of great music out there. But I'm going to concentrate on classic Power Pop here.